This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

One of Belgium's oldest hospitals saw patients from the 13th to 20th centuries before becoming a museum.

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

This Belgian palace was long the domain of priests and aristocrats but is now being turned into an art commune.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

This museum is housed in an unassuming building that witnessed one of the most daring feats of satire in modern history.

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.

This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.